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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Rotate a view</div>
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">View</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Operation</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Rotate</b>.  
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            <p class="para_item"> In the <b class="uiTerm">Rotate View</b> dialog box, select one of the <b class="uiTerm">Fixed Axis</b> options that specifies which fixed axis you want to rotate around.
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                  <p class="para_item">X-Axis <img align="bottom" src="../graphic_library/icons/dialogs/gateway/rotate_view/x_axis.gif" border="0"></p>
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            <p class="para_item">Rotate using one of these methods:</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">In the graphics window, hold the left mouse button as you rotate.</p>
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                  <p class="para_item">In the dialog box, move the slider or enter a value in the<b class="uiTerm"> Angle Increment</b> box and click <b class="uiTerm">Apply</b>.
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                        <p class="para_note_body">You can also hold the middle-mouse button on any of the axes on the View Triad and rotate about that axis. </p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">In the Rotate mode, you cannot deselect objects by holding Shift and clicking. To deselect objects, you must first exit Rotate. </p>
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